Charity Number: 1167447 ## Sholver and Moorside Community Team Group report and financial statements For the year ended 31st March 2024 Sholver and Moorside Community Team Reference and administration information **Registered Charity Name Sholver and Moorside Community Team CIO Charity number** 1167447 **Registered office address** Oakdene 5 Higher Ogden Lane Bottom Rochdale OL16 3TD ## **Trustees** Trustees, who are also directors under company law, who served during the year and up to the date of this report were as follows: Jon Comyn Platt Terrence Durose Chair Roy Edward Smith Treasurer? Joyce Ward Secretary Debra Wolstenhulme Linda Dawson Frances Judge ## **Bankers** Virgin Money 47 Market Place Oldham OL1 3AB ## **Independent Examiner** Third Sector Accountancy Limited, Holyoake House, Hanover Street, Manchester M60 0AS. ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1st April 2023 To 31st March 2024** **Charity name: Sholver and Moorside Community Team** ## **Charity registration number:1167447** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governingdocument|Para 1.17|To establish and maintain a community
centre for the benefit of the people of
Oldham| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The community centre has been made
available to numerous community groups
providing leisure and educational services.
In addition the centre has provided a food
bank and a resource for lonely and socially
excluded members of the community| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees have continually and
consistently considered the needs of the
community and had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity Commission| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|n/a| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|The charity does not have a formal program
for social investment but in its decisions
regarding letting the community centre, and
in its activities, the trustees have
consistently focussed on the needs of the
community.| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|In addition to management of the
Community Centre by the Trustees, other
volunteers have assisted in putting on
community events including a flower and
vegetable show, a carol concert and spring
and Christmas events for the benefit of the
community. Two of the local councillors
from differentparties have both been| |||particularly helpful and supportive of the
centre.| |Other||The community centre has been made
available for the distribution of food as well
as coffee mornings for elderly and/or needy
people in the community| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The Community centre has maintained its
use and availability to numerous groups in
the Borough. In particular it has been used
as a youth club, a training centre for young
people, gymnastics groups, music training,
art and crafts, and many other groups. It
has been used as a base for a local
environmental group and also for
community reparation by young offenders.
It has been used as a community hub
particularly in the presentation of an annual
flower and vegetable show, and its Spring,
Summer and Christmas fayres. In this way
the Centre has continued to develop as a
much needed focal centre for the
community in what is a deprived part of the
Borough.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|In the period following Covid there was
concern that there would be problems in re-
establishing the use of the centre by local
groups. Since then however the centre has
seen a steady return to where it had
progressed prior to the restrictions upon its
use during 2020-2021.| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|The Charity relies primarily on charges for
letting to those groups who have the means
to pay, and this has been sufficient to meet
the charity’s outgoings. In addition there
have been donations from local councillors
and, most importantly, during this time the
Local Authority has met the financial
outgoings in respect of energy and most of
the maintenance of the communitycentre| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|The trust has been able to build up
reserves towards improving the equipment
and facilities it provides to users and,
hopefully towards eventually taking over
exclusive management of the building| |Other||n/a| |||| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of theperiod|Para 1.21|See attached accounts. The charity has
enjoyed a significant net surplus of income
from lettings over its outgoings.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The existing reserves which are maintained
in the charity’s current account are
intended to be applied towards
improvements to the facilities in the
community centre, and also future
arrangements for the leasing of the building
from the Local Authority| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|See attached accounts| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|n/a| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|n/a| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The principal sources of funds for the
charity derive from the letting charges paid
by users of the community centre| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|The reserves are presently held in a bank
current account for the reasons stated
above| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The unlikely and unexpected decision of
the Local Authority to withdraw consent to
the use of the building as a Community
Centre| |Other||n/a| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||The charity was established by a trust deed
dated 17thMay 2016 to provide a community
centre for the benefit of the people of
Oldham| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed,royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust deed date 17thMay 2016| |How is the charity
constituted?(e.g
unincorporated
association,CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Existing trustees are appointed on a three
year rota basis at the Annual General
meeting - in accordance with its
constitution. Any new trustees are
appointed at the Annual General Meeting| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|The constitution provides for limited
induction training for new trustees| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|The charity’s organisation is set out in its
constitution and includes provision for a
chair, secretary and treasurer and other
officers where appropriate. There are no
paid staff.| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|The charity has a close connection, and an
overlap of some trustees, with the Sholver
Millennium Green Trust but has no formal
relationship with this or any other charities| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|Sholver and Moorside CommunityTeam| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|n/a| |Registered charitynumber|1167447| Charity’s principal address Sholver Community Hub Sholver Lane Oldham OL1 1UH ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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Wolstenholme|Trustee|| ||Debbie Thornton|Bookings secretary|| ||Jon Comyn-Platt|Trustee|| ||Linda Dawson|Trustee|| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name n/a** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**n/a**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| - **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets none held in this capacity Name and objects of the none charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for none safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets - ~~+~~ **Additional information (optional) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** - **Type of Name Address adviser** ~~—~~ - **none Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** n/a **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **n/a** - ~~——~~ **Other optional information n/a** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Full** TERRY DUROSE ~~ee~~ **name(s)** CHAIR ~~ee : =~~ **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** ~~|~~ |||3,384
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|495||49| |Receipts|ts)||||5|| |Donations||1,791||1,791||54| |Grants|||||5|| |Hall Hire||-
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Unrestricted|Restricted||||| ||funds|funds|Total funds|||Last year| ||£|£|£|||£| |Total receipts||||||| |||||||82| |Payments|830|-||830|3|| |Event costs|2,427|-|2,427|||9,18| |Meeting costs|||||8|| |Office and|18,976|-|18,976|||18,67| |administration|||||5|| |Volenteer costs|1,746|-|1,746|||1,34| |Premises costs|||||8|| |Insurance|480|||480||34| |Subscriptions|||||8|| |Bank fees|496|||496||39| |Independent|||||5|| |examination|981|||981||1,21| |Donations made|||||0|| |Sundry/other|-|||-||21| |costs|||||0|| ||4|||4||| |Sub total|||||3|| ||||-|||| |Asset and||||||| |investment||||||| |purchases|25,939|-|25,939|||32,199| |||||||| |Sub total|25,939|-|25,939|||32,199| |Total payments||||||| ||-|-||||| |Net of||||||| |receipts/(paymen|-
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~~-~~|~~14,050~~|||~~20,74~~| ||||||3|| ||-|-||-||-| ||59,223|-|59,223|||-| |||||||20,74| ||~~73,273~~|~~-~~|~~73,273~~||~~3~~|| 11,889 11,456 ## Sholver and Moorside Community Team 1167447 |1167447|1167447||| |---|---|---|---| |Statement of assets and liabilities at||the end of the|period| ||Unrestricted|Restricted|| ||funds|funds|| |Cash funds|£|£|| |Bank current account|73,088|-|| |Deposit accounts|-|-|| |Petty cash|185|-|| |Other|-|-|| |Total cash funds|73,273|-|| |Liabilities|Fund|Amount due|| ||un/restricted|£|| |||-|Current value| |||-|£| |||-|| ||||-| ||||-| |Approved and signed on behalf of all trustees on DATE:|||-| |(NAME OF TRUSTEE)||(NAME|OF TRUSTEE)|